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NIPS
2007
13 years 6 months ago
On Ranking in Survival Analysis: Bounds on the Concordance Index
In this paper, we show that classical survival analysis involving censored data can naturally be cast as a ranking problem. The concordance index (CI), which quantifies the quali...
Vikas C. Raykar, Harald Steck, Balaji Krishnapuram...
KDD
2004
ACM
166views Data Mining» more  KDD 2004»
14 years 5 months ago
Predicting prostate cancer recurrence via maximizing the concordance index
In order to effectively use machine learning algorithms, e.g., neural networks, for the analysis of survival data, the correct treatment of censored data is crucial. The concordan...
Lian Yan, David Verbel, Olivier Saidi
WEBI
2007
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Concordance-Based Entity-Oriented Search
— We consider the problem of finding the relevant named entities in response to a search query over a given text corpus. Entity search can readily be used to augment conventiona...
Mikhail Bautin, Steven Skiena
CSB
2004
IEEE
135views Bioinformatics» more  CSB 2004»
13 years 8 months ago
Selection of Patient Samples and Genes for Outcome Prediction
Gene expression profiles with clinical outcome data enable monitoring of disease progression and prediction of patient survival at the molecular level. We present a new computatio...
Huiqing Liu, Jinyan Li, Limsoon Wong
INFOCOM
2009
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Distilling Superior Peers in Large-Scale P2P Streaming Systems
Abstract—In large-scale peer-to-peer (P2P) live streaming systems with a limited supply of server bandwidth, increasing the amount of upload bandwidth supplied by peers becomes c...
Zimu Liu, Chuan Wu, Baochun Li, Shuqiao Zhao